The sun., 1887-03-27
WIRTH'S MAD COMPANION.
PUWLING THE POLICE, WHO ARE
LOOKING ron W7RTH's MURDERER.



A Curious Case n CHsesss-Csnplicatis
AaaeA By ths Avress sf ths ssenaias Ls-
natic for the Murder Of Another Man.
CHICAGO, March as.--More than three
| weeks ago butcher named Fred wirth, en-
ployed in the packing house Of Turner Bros.
at the stock yards, disappeared under peculiar
circumstances, and has not since been seen or
heard Of. Wirths movements are involved In
| obscurfty since the evening OF March 4, when
he was last seen At the house Of Hermann
| Knebler. Wirth had, 80 the story goes spent
the evening at this house In company with
Hermann and Jacob Knebler and Peter Nichols.
| All these werc packing-house butchers. They
had partaken freely Of beer, and when Wirth
started for home he was decidedly drunk. He
was never seen again.
From that time forth the action OF HE boon
companions Of tho night have been very pc
cuiiar. The very next day Jacob Knebler. who
had promise Of work at Turner's az soon as n
vacancy should occur. went there and applied
for employment He was told that With had
not shown mp. whercupon he went to the near
est police station and inquired II Wlrth had
been arrested. Upon being answered in tho
negative. Knebler went to Mrs. Wirth's house
and remarked: "You are going to be widow for
few days" He added. Fred hasn't been ar-
rested, and he'll turn up dead or alive" When
the police were told Of this conversation they
locked up Jacob Knebler on a convenient
charge OF abusing his wife. and then went to
work to investigate.
bso :. sessa o ko e
e Was Tie sny N bs
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sane. Then they took him to the county jail,
whS snS hs Ms R
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Sepducts herself In q most eccentric manner.
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% INC Ihs H9oy iouna mere sne aorh @ M M
spHs1e9 20 Say Nnetner tne Doay Was or was not
!nat oi net nue9an0. az laSt sne WAS Soerced
doubtful way said she did not think 1t was her
speak more positively. and this time she de-